“Maybe there were a hundred different ways to fall in love.”
― The Kiss of Deception
― The Kiss of Deception
“Love can be exploited, I guess, used to manipulate. It's leverage. But I would never call loving someone else a weakness. I think living without love at all, any kind of love, is weakness. And the worst kind of darkness.”
― War Storm
― War Storm
“Maybe there was no one way to define it. Maybe there were as many shades of love as the blues of the sky.”
― The Kiss of Deception
― The Kiss of Deception
“If I could only reach out and touch the stars, I would know everything. I would understand.”
― The Kiss of Deception
― The Kiss of Deception
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